Be Tough On Yourself and Understanding To Other | Reignite Your Thoughts

The Daily Stoic

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Society & Culture, 694393, Stoicism, Ryan Holiday, Business, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Stoic, Stoic Philosophy, Education, Daily Stoic

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ryan talks about why you must continually hold yourself accountable, and reads The Daily Stoic’s entry of the day, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:11.7	Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. On Thursdays, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation,
0:20.0	but also reading a passage from the book, The Daily Stoic, 366 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living, which I wrote with my wonderful co-author and collaborator, Steve Enhancelman.
0:33.0	And so today, we'll give you a quick meditation from one of the Stoics, from Epititus Markis Relius, Seneca, then some analysis for me, and then we send you out into the world to do your best to turn these words into works.
0:47.0	Let's say you love sports, but are also, you know, a busy person.
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1:01.0	Listen to the lead starting five on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcast.
1:08.0	Be tough on yourself and understanding to others. Remember that Stoicism isn't about judging other people.
1:15.0	It's not a moral philosophy you're supposed to project and enforce onto the world.
1:20.0	No, it's a personal philosophy that's designed to direct your behavior.
1:25.0	This is what Marcus Relius meant when he said, be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
1:31.0	Be open to the idea that people are going to be fools or jerks or unreliable or anything else.
1:37.0	Let them be. That's their business. That's not in sidra control.
1:41.0	But you have to be disciplined with yourself and your reactions.
1:45.0	If someone acts ridiculous, let them. If your acting ridiculous, catch the problem, stop it, and work on preventing it from happening in the future.
1:54.0	What you do is in your control. That is your business. Be strict about it.
2:00.0	Leave other people to themselves. You have enough to worry about.
2:05.0	Reignite your thoughts.
2:10.0	And I'm reading to you today from the Daily Stoic 366 Meditations on Wisdom Perseverance in the Art of Living by yours truly.
2:18.0	My co-author and translator, Steve Enhancelman. You can get signed copies, by the way, in the Daily Stoic store.
2:24.0	Over a million copies of the Daily Stoic in print now. It's been just such a lovely experience to watch it.
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